Ranking of CDs

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Table 1 ranks CDs reviewed in terms of
their decreasing overall quality.Table
2 ranks the CDs in terms of
their decreasing ‘useable’ playing times.Only the ‘top’ 100 CDs in each group are included in these tables.The rankings are intended only as rough guides
to quality.These tables are current as
at 24 November 2014.See Explanatory
Notes below.

It is difficult to assess the
overall quality of individual sequence dance CDs.Many of the factors involved are subjective in nature (see Notes section).Still less is it easy to objectively compare
the overall quality of CDs.Notwithstanding, an attempt has been made in Table 1 to list all CDs
reviewed in decreasing order of their overall quality.The quality is expressed as a notional
percentage.The method used for
calculating this notional percentage is as follows.

Where all tracks on a given CD are
graded P and have no X, X, X, or X
grades the CD is given an overall assessment of 100%.This percentage is reduced on a pro rata basis by any track that
is considered unsuitable for sequence dancing (that is, has one or more X, X, X, or X
grades irrespective of whether the track is graded P).As an example, a CD with four of its 20
tracks considered unsuitable for sequence dancing, the remaining 16 being
graded P, would be given an
overall assessment of 80%.Tracks that
are graded PP/PPPwith no X,
X, X,
or X grades are treated as equivalent
to two/three P tracks.As an example, a CD with four of its 20
tracks graded PP (the remaining
16 being graded P) would be given an
overall assessment of 120%.This system
of overall assessment is admittedly somewhat arbitrary but appears to give a
reasonable comparative measure of a CD’s overall quality.

Table 2 lists all CDs reviewed in decreasing
order of the total playing time of all tracks on a given CD that have no
X, X,
X, or X
grades.This playing time is designated
‘useable’ playing time.It is another
measure of a CD’s overall
quality or ‘value for money’ if you accept that only tracks that have no
X, X,
X, or X
grades are acceptable for sequence dances.It takes no account of the relative quality of music on individual tracks.

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last revised 24 November 2014

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